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Adorable Baby Falcons Hatched And Banded Atop Two Local Bridges [Video]

Two Southern Brooklyn bridges are home to some furry new faces this spring. Clutches of peregrine falcon chicks were banded last week atop the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge — unique nurseries that offer an incredible 360-degree view of New York’s skyline. Source: MTA Photos [https:

Fed To Fund Repairs Of Marine Parkway/Gil Hodges Bridge Damaged In Sandy

Photo by Erica ShermanThe Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will send more than $3.4 million to the MTA, reimbursing them of the costs of Superstom Sandy-related repairs and infrastructure improvements on the Marine Parkway/Gil Hodges Bridge, Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced this morning. Here are the

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Baby Falcons Hatch On Top Of Marine Parkway Bridge

Awww (Source: MTAPhotos via flickr)In what invariably amounts to the MTA’s cutest press release ever, the Transit Authority has announced that six Peregine Falcon chicks have hatched this past month on top of both the Throngs Neck Bridge and the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge. According to the

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MTA Approves Fare Hike! Will Be $2.50 Per Ride, And $15 For Verrazano Bridge

Source: Antonio Martínez López / FlickrWhether by car, bus or subway, getting around in New York City is about to become a little more expensive. The MTA Board approved the agency’s 2013 budget this morning, which included a set of mass transit, bridge and toll hikes across the metropolitan region.

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Multiple Daily Bridge Lifts Set To Begin This Week On Marine Parkway Bridge

Photo by Erica ShermanIf you are a motorist who frequently drives over the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge — prepare to be inconvenienced for the next month or so. According to a release we received from the MTA, beginning on Wednesday, August 29, through an undetermined date in October, there will

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Photos: Space Shuttle Enterprise Tours Southern Brooklyn Waterfront

The Space Shuttle Enterprise made the journey from John F. Kennedy Airport to New Jersey by barge yesterday, giving Southern Brooklyn residents an unparalleled show of the historic spacecraft. Tons of our readers took the opportunity to check it out, sending in dozens of dazzling photos as it made its

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Marine Pkwy Bridge Closures Extended Through March

Notify NYC sent the following alert: > Due to a restoration project in Jamaica Bay, multiple, daily bridge lifts of the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge that began January 26th will be extended through March. The lifts will take place around-the-clock and require full closure of the bridge to traffic. It